State Tested Nursing Assistant

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The Cincinnati, OH VA Medical Center is seeking qualified Nursing Assistants for our Community Living Center. If you are interested in a career that offers professional/work life balance in a supportive clinical learning environment, providing integrated patient-centered, state-of-the-art care to Veterans, we welcome you to apply to be part of the Cincinnati VA team!

NURSING ASSISTANT: The Nursing Assistant serves as a member of the nursing team on a rotating, day evening and/or night tour. He/she gives direct patient care to patients who may require medical and/or psychiatric nursing care under the indirect supervision of the registered nurse. The Nursing Assistant responsibilities include but, are not limited to:

• Knowledge about the patients' plan of care and follows them.
• Understanding call light system, using Vocera, phones and call lights.
• Receives and utilizes the Nursing Assistant Patient Care Assignment.
• Uses written documentation worksheets to record observations and finding, chart appropriate values into Electronic Health Record, as well as to report to the RN.
• Starts assignments promptly and works steadily in an organized manner.
• Performs or assists in patient to complete these activities of daily living: Bathing, shaving, daily oral hygiene, and denture care, feeding, skin care - including care of hands and feet, toileting, assisting with dressing, positioning and transferring.
• Makes rounds at the beginning and end of shift.
• Completes bedside report at the beginning and end of every shift.
• Obtain vital signs: Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, Blood Pressure and Pain level.
• Obtain weights by using appropriate equipment.
• Check patients at a minimum every two hours or more frequently as appropriate.
• Verbally reports observations and findings to the registered nurse.
• May be expected to supplement Medical Center Entry Screeners for COVID-19.

Work Schedule: Night Tour: 7:30pm-8:00am with rotating weekends and holidays.
Telework: Not available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Title/Functional Statement #:Nursing Assistant/PD91277A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $19.57 - $31.96 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Family leave
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid orientation
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person